“Silent, unseen, small cousin of death, Born this instant, closer than breath, Killer of thought, assassin of dreams, Memory's surgeon, the end of your schemes.” — Michael Swanwick Copy Share Image
“Perfection is death,' Anastasia said. 'The world is imperfect, but if it weren't, who would love it?” — Michael Swanwick Copy Share Image
This was the ultimate form of ostentation among technology freaks - to have a system so complete and sophisticated that nothing showed; no machines,… — Michael Swanwick Copy Share Image
“A hippogriff flew past, trailing laughter. It came so close to Will that he could smell its scent, a pungent mixture of horse sweat… — Michael Swanwick Copy Share Image
It's not the principles that kill you in the end. It's the books. — Michael Swanwick Copy Share Image
Purdom has created a major body of work. Thoughtful, humane, intelligent, extrapolative, involving, his stories are exactly the sort of thing our genre exists… — Michael Swanwick Copy Share Image
“The mechanism thus created periodically acts out post-modern notions of cosmology and then deconstructs itself. It has met with great admiration and no little… — Michael Swanwick Copy Share Image
You see? Characters in books do not read books. Oh, they snap them shut when somebody enters a room, or fling them aside in… — Michael Swanwick Copy Share Image
“Silent, unseen, small cousin of death, Born this instant, closer than breath, Killer of thought, assassin of dreams, Memory's surgeon, the end of your… — Michael Swanwick Copy Share Image
Gene Wolfe is the greatest writer in the English language alive today. Let me repeat that: Gene Wolfe is the greatest writer in the… — Michael Swanwick Copy Share Image
Writing is a matter of finding the appropriate balance of dinosaurs and sodomy — Michael Swanwick Copy Share Image
“Perfection is death,' Anastasia said. 'The world is imperfect, but if it weren't, who would love it?” — Michael Swanwick Copy Share Image
“This book is dedicated to all good teachers everywhere, most particularly those of the William Levering School and Central High School in Philadelphia, to… — Michael Swanwick Copy Share Image
